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Nuclear Developer Proposes Using Navy Reactors For Data Centers(2025-12-25 00:00:03)

An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Financial Post: A Texas power developer is proposing to repurpose nuclear reactors from Navy warships to power the United States grid as the Trump administration pushes to secure massive amounts of energy for the artificial intelligence boom. HGP Intellig...
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Apple To Allow Alternative App Stores For iOS Users In Brazil(2025-12-24 20:00:22)

Apple will allow alternative iOS app stores and external payment systems in Brazil after settling an antitrust case with the country's competition authority, following a lawsuit brought by MercadoLibre back in 2022. Thurrott reports: Yesterday, Brazil's Conselho Administrativo de Defesa Economica (C...
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European Leaders Condemn US Visa Bans as Row Over 'Censorship' Escalates(2025-12-24 15:00:09)

European leaders including Emmanuel Macron have accused Washington of "coercion and intimidation," after the US imposed a visa ban on five prominent European figures who have been at heart of the campaign to introduce laws regulating American tech companies. From a report: The visa bans were imposed...
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Why Are There No Large Market Cap Companies Globally in Edtech?(2025-12-24 10:00:08)

Goldman Sachs, in a note this week, via India Dispatch: There are various reasons that explains this: (i) A large part of the global education spend goes towards formal education (schools, colleges and universities), which are typically either run by governments or are not-for-profit institutions; ...
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What Might Adding Emojis and Pictures To Text Programming Languages Look Like?(2025-12-24 05:00:04)

theodp writes: We all mix pictures, emojis, and text freely in our communications. So why not in our code? That's the premise of "Fun With Python and Emoji: What Might Adding Pictures to Text Programming Languages Look Like?" (two-image Bluesky explainer; full slides), which takes a look at what mix...
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